Murphy Rules
John Murphy is coming to Southwest Florida next month. This class is like a dense pack of concealed carry clue. You will learn the basics of pretty much everything that's needed after you get your concealed carry permit. As I…
John Murphy is coming to Southwest Florida next month. This class is like a dense pack of concealed carry clue. You will learn the basics of pretty much everything that's needed after you get your concealed carry permit. As I…
As this year winds down and another is on the horizon, it’s time to review my self-improvement goals from last year and what I want to do next year. Goal #1: FitnessSemi-fail. Didn’t get better, didn’t get worse. It’s becoming…
There are two words you rarely hear in firearms training, and both of them begin with the letter F. The first word is fear. Let’s be honest, the reason why people get firearms training is because they are afraid there…
I switched to appendix carry last year, and ever since then, I've been carrying in a Dark Star Gear Orion holster using a flat foam wedge. But I was fortunate enough to pickup a Phlster Enigma around the first of…
A comment on this Facebook post got me thinking... I've taken ECQC from Craig Douglas and John Murphy's Street Encounter Skills class. Both are terrific classes and both place an emphasis on a multi-spectral response to potentially dangerous situations. A…
The second class in the Pistol Technique Tuneup series, each of which concentrates on just one aspect of the concealed carry lifestyle. The first class, The Concealed Carry Draw, was all about getting your gun into play as quickly and…
Claude Werner, aka The Tactical Professor, has been a bit of guru for me. Other firearms instructors wander off in search of more refined, more esoteric drills that are shot with customized "everyday carry" guns that a) cost upwards of…
I love doing "Mythbuster" style posts about guns and gun culture, and testing the strobe function that's found on most tactical flashlights has been one that I've wanted to do for a long, long time.
I noticed this morning that there's a rather huge gap in the firearms training world. As an armed citizen, I can take room clearing and home defense and CQB classes from any number of sources. Which is fine, but most…
I've been asked by a local business to do a woman's self-defense seminar. Wow. I mean, I kinda got started in this whole gun writing thing with an article that dared to break with the conventional wisdom that a pink-handled…